Some of England's leading cricketers will be one step nearer winning one million dollars (500,000 pounds) each when the selectors name their squad later on Tuesday for the clash with Allen Stanford's All Stars.
The Texan-born billionaire has guaranteed the winners of the Twenty20 match between Kevin Pietersen's men and his Caribbean select side at his own ground in Antigua on November 1 previously undreampt of riches for coming out on top in a single cricket match.

English cricket's Twenty20 Cup winners will be invited to play in the latest creation of American billionaire Sir Allen Stanford, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive David Collier said Friday.
Stanford has already announced a 10 million pounds winner-takes-all Twenty20 match between England and a West Indies select XI and now he is planning a Stanford Super Series in the Caribbean.

Billionaire businessman Allen Stanford said Twenty20 cricket could replace football as the world's leading team sport after announcing a series of 20 million dollar matches between England and his Caribbean Super Stars side.
"With the right financial support behind it, the right vision, it can be the dominant team sport in the world," Stanford told a news conference at Lord's here Wednesday.

Paul Collingwood admits the prospect of England players becoming millionaires on the back of the Stanford Twenty20 raises 'scary' issues for world cricket.
Every member of the England XI stands to win one million dollars each if the team beats a Caribbean Super Stars side in Antigua on November 1 - the first edition of a fixture bankrolled by Texan billionaire Allen Stanford which will be an annual event for the next five years.

England's cricketers will take part in some of the richest matches in sport after it was announced Wednesday they would be playing a series of 20 million dollar Twenty20 clashes in the Caribbean.
The matches are being bankrolled by Texan billionaire Allen Stanford, the man behind the domestic Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.

Paul Collingwood, England's one-day international captain, is adamant the prospect of earning millions from Allen Stanford has not led to a more selfish attitude among the squad.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are currently in talks with the Texan billionaire regarding a series of one-off Twenty20 games between England and his West Indies All Stars in Antigua during the next five years.

LONDON (Reuters) - Texas billionaire Allen Stanford has offered to put up $100 million for England to play five Twenty20 games against his West Indies All-Star team.
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Giles Clarke had said on Thursday the prospect of England taking part in a winner-takes-all $20m match in West Indies was "very likely".

England are "very likely" to compete in the Stanford Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Giles Clarke disclosed on Thursday.
Clarke's announcement came after ECB talks with the Texan billionaire backing the series, Allen Stanford.